Narrowing The Track

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Sandy may have played her hand with intensity (peaking at 110mph very early this morning), but as the days unfold, we'll find she has just begun her rampage.

The latest track (as of 5pm) has her paralleling the Eastern Seaboard, seemingly looking for a place to strike. Two jetstreams are steering her, one that is acclerating her out of the tropics, and another that will hook her into what appears to be Southern NJ by Tuesday afternoon.

That said, our weather will be going downhill by Sunday and esp. into Monday. That's because the wind field - and attendant rain/squalls - will expand out from the center of Sandy as she moves north. It's important to note that the center, although tracking west, could still wobble closer to New England in later forecasts. This is hardly the last word on Sandy's track.

Lots of concerns about property damage, flooding (ocean and fresh water), and power outages. Not that I'm wishing ill-will on anyone, but with a track closer to Southern New Jersey, we're faring better in all departments. Nonetheless, with Sandy's expanding wind field, we're not coming away unscathed. The sheer fetch of wind over water will build seas and send waves crashing along seawalls. Beach erosion may be significant and coastal flooding could even be considered moderate with the current track.

It goes without saying that if the track edges closer to New England, we will elevate the risk all around. And it will jeopardize Halloween too: for a track closer to New England seems to favor a stalling storm too. As it stands now, Sandy will push into New Jersey and slowly decay over Western PA.

Plenty of updates, concerns, and fine tuning in the days ahead.

Stay with 7News.

Pete

Warming Up and Unsettled

Posted by Chris Lambert

Well, it certainly was a great weekend weather-wise until this afternoon when the temps dropped and light showers moved in from west to east.  Despite the cool down, the theme for this upcoming week is warmer with higher humidity.  It'll also be unsettled at times. 

Pulling The Fade

Posted by Chris Lambert

Our fun in the sun ends this afternoon as morning sunshine fades behind thickening clouds.  As those clouds increase, a few showers break out this afternoon from west to east, with the highest chance for rain late afternoon and this evening.  Most of the showers are light, especially the early afternoon ones, but a heavier shower or two is possible near day's end and early this evening.  Highs reach the mid to upper 60s around noon, then fall back to near 60 mid to late afternoon thanks to scattered showers.  These showers are brought to us by a warm front.

Back and Forth

Posted by Chris Lambert

Quite a few clouds in the sky at times this afternoon, but the atmosphere lacked ample moisture to produce showers, so we made out just fine with temps near 70.  Even the coast made it well into the 60s before the onshore wind knocked temps back.

Pretty Good Weekend Overall

Posted by Chris Lambert

Sure, it's a cool start with many of the suburbs down into the upper 30s and lower 40s, but we'll warm up quickly through the day as that sun helps us out.